diff --git a/admin/classes/local/settings/setting_scheduled_task_status.php b/admin/classes/local/settings/setting_scheduled_task_status.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b878036a6d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/admin/classes/local/settings/setting_scheduled_task_status.php
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+<?php
+// This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
+//
+// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+/**
+ * Admin setting to show current scheduled task's status.
+ *
+ * @package core
+ * @copyright 2021 Universitat Rovira i Virgili
+ * @author Jordi Pujol-Ahulló <jpahullo@gmail.com>
+ * @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+namespace core_admin\local\settings;
+
+defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
+
+global $CFG;
+require_once($CFG->libdir . '/adminlib.php');
+require_once($CFG->libdir . '/moodlelib.php');
+
+use admin_setting_description;
+use core\task\manager;
+use core\task\scheduled_task;
+use html_writer;
+use lang_string;
+use moodle_url;
+use stdClass;
+
+/**
+ * This admin setting tells whether a given scheduled task is enabled, providing a link to its configuration page.
+ *
+ * The goal of this setting is to help contextualizing the configuration settings with related scheduled task status,
+ * providing the big picture of that part of the system.
+ *
+ * @package core
+ * @copyright 2021 Universitat Rovira i Virgili
+ * @author Jordi Pujol-Ahulló <jpahullo@gmail.com>
+ * @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+class setting_scheduled_task_status extends admin_setting_description {
+    /**
+     * @var string fully qualified class name of a scheduled task.
+     */
+    private $classname;
+    /**
+     * @var string additional text to append to the description.
+     */
+    private $extradescription;
+
+    /**
+     * setting_scheduled_task_status constructor.
+     * @param string $name unique setting name.
+     * @param string $scheduledtaskclassname full classpath class name of the scheduled task.
+     * @param string $extradescription extra detail to append to the scheduled task status to add context in the setting
+     * page.
+     */
+    public function __construct(string $name, string $scheduledtaskclassname, string $extradescription = '') {
+        $visiblename = new lang_string('task_status', 'admin');
+        $this->classname = $scheduledtaskclassname;
+        $this->extradescription = $extradescription;
+
+        parent::__construct($name, $visiblename, '');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Calculates lazily the content of the description.
+     * @param mixed $data nothing expected in this case.
+     * @param string $query nothing expected in this case.
+     * @return string the HTML content to print for this setting.
+     */
+    public function output_html($data, $query = ''): string {
+        if (empty($this->description)) {
+            $this->description = $this->get_task_description();
+        }
+
+        return parent::output_html($data, $query);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the HTML to print as the description.
+     * @return string description to be printed.
+     */
+    private function get_task_description(): string {
+        $task = manager::get_scheduled_task($this->classname);
+        if ($task->is_enabled()) {
+            $taskenabled = get_string('enabled', 'admin');
+        } else {
+            $taskenabled = get_string('disabled', 'admin');
+        }
+        $taskenabled = strtolower($taskenabled);
+        $gotourl = new moodle_url(
+            '/admin/tool/task/scheduledtasks.php',
+            [],
+            scheduled_task::get_html_id($this->classname)
+        );
+        if (!empty($this->extradescription)) {
+            $this->extradescription = '<br />' . $this->extradescription;
+        }
+
+        $taskdetail = new stdClass();
+        $taskdetail->class = $this->classname;
+        $taskdetail->name = $task->get_name();
+        $taskdetail->status = $taskenabled;
+        $taskdetail->gotourl = $gotourl->out(false);
+        $taskdetail->extradescription = $this->extradescription;
+
+        return html_writer::tag('p', get_string('task_status_desc', 'admin', $taskdetail));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/admin/settings/language.php b/admin/settings/language.php
index c865dfbfc2f..97fb85d8f15 100644
--- a/admin/settings/language.php
+++ b/admin/settings/language.php
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 // This file defines settingpages and externalpages under the "appearance" category
 
+use core_admin\local\settings\setting_scheduled_task_status;
+
 if ($hassiteconfig) {
 
     // "languageandlocation" settingpage
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@ if ($hassiteconfig) {
     $temp->add(new admin_setting_configcheckbox('langstringcache', new lang_string('langstringcache', 'admin'), new lang_string('configlangstringcache', 'admin'), 1));
     $temp->add(new admin_setting_configtext('locale', new lang_string('localetext', 'admin'), new lang_string('configlocale', 'admin'), '', PARAM_FILE));
     $temp->add(new admin_setting_configselect('latinexcelexport', new lang_string('latinexcelexport', 'admin'), new lang_string('configlatinexcelexport', 'admin'), '0', array('0'=>'Unicode','1'=>'Latin')));
+    $temp->add(new setting_scheduled_task_status('langimporttaskstatus', '\tool_langimport\task\update_langpacks_task'));
 
     $ADMIN->add('language', $temp);
 
diff --git a/admin/tool/task/renderer.php b/admin/tool/task/renderer.php
index cdf7457d348..1491ef28184 100644
--- a/admin/tool/task/renderer.php
+++ b/admin/tool/task/renderer.php
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class tool_task_renderer extends plugin_renderer_base {
         $data = [];
         $yes = get_string('yes');
         $no = get_string('no');
-        $canruntasks = \core\task\manager::is_runnable();
+        $canruntasks = \core\task\manager::is_runnable() && get_config('tool_task', 'enablerunnow');
         foreach ($tasks as $task) {
             $classname = get_class($task);
             $defaulttask = \core\task\manager::get_default_scheduled_task($classname, false);
@@ -108,14 +108,11 @@ class tool_task_renderer extends plugin_renderer_base {
             }
             $namecell = new html_table_cell($namecellcontent);
             $namecell->header = true;
-
-            $plugininfo = core_plugin_manager::instance()->get_plugin_info($task->get_component());
-            $plugindisabled = $plugininfo && $plugininfo->is_enabled() === false &&
-                    !$task->get_run_if_component_disabled();
-            $disabled = $plugindisabled || $task->get_disabled();
+            $namecell->id = scheduled_task::get_html_id($classname);
 
             $runnow = '';
-            if (!$plugindisabled && get_config('tool_task', 'enablerunnow') && $canruntasks ) {
+            $canrunthistask = $canruntasks && $task->can_run();
+            if ($canrunthistask) {
                 $runnow = html_writer::div(html_writer::link(
                         new moodle_url('/admin/tool/task/schedule_task.php',
                             ['task' => $classname]),
@@ -147,7 +144,7 @@ class tool_task_renderer extends plugin_renderer_base {
                         new html_table_cell($customised)]);
 
             $classes = [];
-            if ($disabled) {
+            if (!$task->is_enabled()) {
                 $classes[] = 'disabled';
             }
             if (get_class($task) == $lastchanged) {
diff --git a/admin/tool/task/styles.css b/admin/tool/task/styles.css
index f297fd6afaf..7f37541c7ec 100644
--- a/admin/tool/task/styles.css
+++ b/admin/tool/task/styles.css
@@ -15,3 +15,7 @@
 #page-admin-tool-task-scheduledtasks .task-clearfaildelay {
     font-size: 0.75em;
 }
+
+#page-admin-tool-task-scheduledtasks :target {
+    scroll-margin-top: 60px;
+}
diff --git a/lang/en/admin.php b/lang/en/admin.php
index bf35822dff2..c7886306789 100644
--- a/lang/en/admin.php
+++ b/lang/en/admin.php
@@ -1300,6 +1300,8 @@ $string['task_type:scheduled'] = 'Scheduled';
 $string['task_result:failed'] = 'Fail';
 $string['task_stats:dbreads'] = '{$a} reads';
 $string['task_stats:dbwrites'] = '{$a} writes';
+$string['task_status'] = 'Task status';
+$string['task_status_desc'] = 'The task <q>{$a->name}</q> is <strong>{$a->status}</strong>.<br />See its <a href="{$a->gotourl}">details</a>.<br />Class: {$a->class}{$a->extradescription}';
 $string['task_starttime'] = 'Start time';
 $string['task_duration'] = 'Duration';
 $string['task_dbstats'] = 'Database';
diff --git a/lib/classes/task/scheduled_task.php b/lib/classes/task/scheduled_task.php
index 04fbd1feba6..85e94082107 100644
--- a/lib/classes/task/scheduled_task.php
+++ b/lib/classes/task/scheduled_task.php
@@ -429,6 +429,33 @@ abstract class scheduled_task extends task_base {
         return $nexttime;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Informs whether this task can be run.
+     * @return bool true when this task can be run. false otherwise.
+     */
+    public function can_run(): bool {
+        return $this->is_component_enabled() || $this->get_run_if_component_disabled();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks whether the component and the task disabled flag enables to run this task.
+     * This do not checks whether the task manager allows running them or if the
+     * site allows tasks to "run now".
+     * @return bool true if task is enabled. false otherwise.
+     */
+    public function is_enabled(): bool {
+        return $this->can_run() && !$this->get_disabled();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Produces a valid id string to use as id attribute based on the given FQCN class name.
+     * @param string $classname FQCN of a task.
+     * @return string valid string to be used as id attribute.
+     */
+    public static function get_html_id(string $classname): string {
+        return str_replace('\\', '-', ltrim($classname, '\\'));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get a descriptive name for this task (shown to admins).
      *
diff --git a/lib/classes/task/task_base.php b/lib/classes/task/task_base.php
index bffd73682d7..ecc89d15ea2 100644
--- a/lib/classes/task/task_base.php
+++ b/lib/classes/task/task_base.php
@@ -208,4 +208,13 @@ abstract class task_base {
     public function get_pid() {
         return $this->pid;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Informs whether the task's component is enabled.
+     * @return bool true when enabled. false otherwise.
+     */
+    public function is_component_enabled(): bool {
+        $plugininfo = \core_plugin_manager::instance()->get_plugin_info($this->get_component());
+        return $plugininfo && $plugininfo->is_enabled();
+    }
 }